HERBERT, Philip, Lord Herbert of Cardiff and 5th earl of Pembroke (1621-69), of Cardiff Castle, Glam., Wilton, Wilts. and Durham House, The Strand, Westminster.

Family and Education

bap. 21 Feb. 1621,W. Robinson, Hist. Enfield (1823), ii. 92. 4th but 1st surv. s. of Philip Herbert*, 4th earl of Pembroke, and Susan (bur. 1 Feb. 1629), da. of Edward de Vere, 17th earl of Oxford; bro. of James Herbert*, John Herbert* and William Herbert II*.CP. educ. Westminster sch.;Rec. Old Westminsters, i. 450. Exeter Coll., Oxf., 20 Apr. 1632;Al. Ox. travelled (France, Italy) 1635–7; Acad. Geneva 1635.Le Livre du Recteur de l’Académie de Genève (1559-1878) ed. S. Stelling-Michaud (Geneva, 6 1959-80), i. 186. styled. : Lord Herbert (of Cardiff). m. (1) 28 Mar. 1639, Penelope (b. 2 Oct. 1620, d. 1647), da. and h. of Sir Robert Naunton of Letheringham, Suff., wid. of Paul Bayning, 2nd Viscount Bayning of Sudbury, 1s. (2) ?1649, Katherine (bur. 28 Feb. 1678), da. of Sir William Villiers, 1st bt., of Brooksby, Leics., 2s., 4da. suc. fa. as 5th earl of Pembroke, 23 Jan. 1650. d. 11 Dec. 1669.St Martin Vintry, London, par. reg.; CP.

Offices Held

Military: capt. of horse, royal army, 27 Mar., 11 May 1639.Coventry Docquets, 49; SP16/538, f. 160v.

Local: commr. oyer and terminer, Som. 20 July 1640;C181/5, f. 183. London by Jan. 1654–d.;C181/6, pp. 1, 356; C181/7, pp. 1, 512. Western, Oxf. circs. by Feb. 1654–d.;C181/6, pp. 8, 10, 374, 377; C181/7, pp. 8, 10, 494, 497. Mdx. 18 May 1659, 13 Nov. 1660;CJ vii. 657b; C181/7, f. 67v. Wales 8 Nov. 1661.C181/7, p. 119. Ld. lt. Som. 30 July 1640–42;SP16/465, f. 52; SP16/467, f. 32; HMC 4th Rep. 27. Brec., Glam., Mon. 5 Mar.-30 July 1642.A. and O.; LJ v. 248b. Commr. array (roy.), Mont. 28 July 1642; Glam. 3 Aug. 1642.Northants. RO, FH133. J.p. Glam. ?-10 Jan. 1644, 16 Jan. 1647 – d.; Mon. ?- 10 Jan. 1645, by Oct. 1660 – d.; Brec. 10 Nov. 1647 – bef.July 1650; Mont. 9 Mar. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1654, 12 Sept. 1660 – d.; Flint 25 July 1650 – 28 July 1653; Haverfordwest 15 Sept. 1650 – 21 Aug. 1654; Pemb. by Oct. 1660–d.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 111–2, 144–7, 221–4, 241, 271–2, 301, 359, 362–4. Commr. defence of Wilts. 15 July 1644; assessment, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Glam. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660. 10 Nov. 1647 – bef.July 1650A. and O. Custos rot. Brec.; Derbys. 12 Feb. 1650-bef. 1657; Wilts. 15 Feb. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1660; Mont. 9 Mar. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1654; Glam. 30 July 1660 – d.; Pemb. by Oct. 1660–d.C231/6, pp. 174, 175; Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 144–5, 221–4, 271–2, 303–5. Commr. Glos. and S. E. Wales militia, 12 May 1648; militia, Wilts. 2 Dec 1648, 14 Mar. 1655, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O.; CSP Dom. 1655, p. 79. Westminster, 7 June 1650;Severall Procs. in Parl. no. 37 (6–13 June 1650), 525 (E.777.11). Mon. 19 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Glam. 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;CJ vii. 725a; A. and O. sewers, Ticehurst and River Rother, Kent and Suss. 3 Nov. 1653;C181/6, p. 22. Kent 1 July 1659, 21 Sept. 1660;C181/6, p. 366; C181/7, p. 56. Mon. 22 Aug. 1660, 26 Aug. 1669;C181/7, pp. 35, 505. gaol delivery, Newgate gaol by Jan. 1654–d.;C181/6, pp. 1, 356; C181/7, pp. 1, 512. ejecting scandalous ministers, S. Wales 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O.

Central: member, cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645. Commr. abuses in heraldry, 19 Mar. 1646. Member, cttee. of navy and customs, 17 Dec. 1647;A. and O. cttee. regulating universities, 29 Mar. 1650.CJ vi. 388b. Cllr. of state, 25 Nov. 1651.CJ vii. 43a.

Mercantile: ld. of trade, 1660. Member, Royal African Co. 1660.CP; Pepys’s Diary, i. 258. Treas. Fisheries Soc. 3 Sept. 1661.CSP Dom. 1661–1662, p. 83.

Court: cupbearer and bearer of golden spurs, coronation of Charles II, 23 Apr. 1661.CSP Dom. 1660–1661, p. 584.

Parlimentarian

HERBERT, Philip, Lord Herbert of Cardiff and 5th earl of Pembroke (1621-69), of Cardiff Castle, Glam., Wilton, Wilts. and Durham House, The Strand, Westminster.

: Lord Herbert of Cardiff and 5th earl of Pembroke (1621-69), of Cardiff Castle, Wilts., Wilton, Glam. 1621 – 69 and Durham House, Westminster., The Strand.

Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, family group, A. Van Dyck, 1634-5;Wilton House, Wilts. line engraving, P. Lombart aft. A. Van Dyck;NPG. oil on panel, E.T. Haynes aft. A. Van Dyck, nineteenth century.Castell Coch, Cardiff, on loan from Bute colln.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

HERBERT, Philip, Lord Herbert of Cardiff and 5th earl of Pembroke (1621-69), of Cardiff Castle, Glam., Wilton, Wilts. and Durham House, The Strand, Westminster.

Will

28 Aug., pr. 22 Dec. 1669.PROB11/331/630.

Estates

bef. 23 Jan. 1650, allowance from fa. £1,400 p.a., together with property settlement on marriage, inc. Cardiff Castle; thereafter inheritance from father of lands in Wales, Wilts. (esp. Wilton, Ramsbury), Kent, Suss., Derbys., Staffs. and Yorks., at pre-war valuation of over £18,000 p.a., charged with debts of at least £26,900; bef. 12 Jan. 1651 sold/agreed to sell land worth c. £15,000, incl. Chedsey, Som., for £9,700;Sheffield Archives, EM1356, 1358, 1359. bef. 14 Oct. 1652, sold Ramsbury to Charles Dormer, 2nd earl of Carnarvon;CSP Dom. 1651–1652, p. 440. May 1668, sold Kenfig, Glam., to Sir Edward Mansell.Arch. Cambr. xv (58) (1898), 150.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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